Tag-holder for railroad-cars



(No ModeL) G.-W. HAGG-ETT.

TAG HOLDER FOR RAILROAD CARS.

No. 320,355. Patented June 16, 1885.

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TAG-HOLDER FOR RAILROAD-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,355, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filcd April 21, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. HAGGETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Holders for Railroad- Oars, of which the following is a specification, to wit:

This invention relates to tag-holders for railroad cars; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and arrangement of the same, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed. In order to enable others skilled in the art 1 5 to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a front elevation, Fig. 2 a sectional side elevation, and Fig. 3 a detail, of

my holder.

to represents a rod or heavy wire of suitable length having its ends bent and secured in the side of the car A. Upon this rod or 2 5 hinge a are placed two spring-wires, a a, wound several times around the rod to form a springcoil, a and having a short arm, a projecting in rear of the rod a and secured to the car, if found desirable. The other ends of 0 these wires a. (which form the main body of my holder) are carried down the side of the car a suitable distance and then bent toward each other. At the center they are bent and (No model.)

twisted together, as at b, to form a loop or handle, and the end of each wire is then twisted upon the straight portion of the other, as at b, and at the corners of the frame the points of these wires are formed into projecting prongs N, which rest in sockets c in the side of the car-body. The card or tag B is placed under this spring-frame, and by it pressed tightly against the car, and the prongs b passing through its lower edge enables the card to be firmly held against all jar or tendency to slip out of place. These holders will of course be made in various sizes to suit lhe size of card to be used, and are quickly applied to any car. They are light and strong, and, it it is desired to remove them at any time, the car is not defaced.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A clamping-frame for securing ta s upon cars, consisting of the two wires a a, having their upper ends twisted in a spring-coil about a hingerod, a, and their lower ends twisted upon each other and formed with prongs I), substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. HAGGEIT.

Witnesses:

W. C. MOARTHUR, J. A. UOOK. 

